Vocab Tadka : Abdicate vs Abrogate (Confusing Words)

by Wonder Boy · Published February 13, 2015 · Updated February 13, 2015

Lets discuss the difference between confusing words Abdicate & Abrogate.

ABDICATE

(v)

give up, such as power, as of monarchs and emperors, or duties and obligations
Type: ‘verb.social’
Usage: ‘The King abdicated when he married a divorcee’
Synonym: renounce,

Sentence Usage : To learn the word better write your sentence in comment below

We cannot abdicate the responsibility to deal with these acts in the correct manner.
Courts must never abdicate their duty to protect citizens from the abuse of power by governments, a senior judge said last night.
People have decided to ask the Tsar to abdicate in favor of his son.

How to Remember : ab+dicate -> dicate -> dictator. Dictator has lot of power.

Now abnormal is opposite to normal. Similarly for remembering purpose – > abdicate is opposite to dictator i.e. losing power.

ABROGATE

(v)

revoke formally
Type: ‘verb.social’

Sentence Usage : To learn the word better write your sentence in comment below

Whether or not the President alone can abrogate a treaty is an open question.
Non-state actors should also be held accountable for actions or omissions that abrogate these rights.
He submits that the court did not appreciate that the effect of its decision was to abrogate or at any rate emasculate privilege.

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